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I. J. PATTERSON, I. P. DAVIS HERRMAN.

CASH INDICATOR AND REOORDER.

Patented Oct. 26, 1886.

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F. J. PATTERSON, I. P. DAV-IS & A. HERRMAN.

, CASH INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

Patented Oct. 26, 1886.

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, 25 a side elevation, with portions of the frame- 45 partially projected from the case, while the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. PATTERSON, ISAAC r. DAVIS, AND AL HERRMAN, or DAYTON,

OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE NATIO SAME PLACE.

CASH INDICATOR NAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF

ANDRECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,459, dated October 26, 1886.

Application filed March 31, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK J. PATTERSON, ISAAC I. DAVIS, and AL HERRMAN, all citizens of the United States, and residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Indicators and Recorders, of which the following is 'a full, clear, and exact description, reference being IO had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in cash indicators and recorders, designed for the use of store-keepers and others, as a means of I 5 accurately recording the total cash receipts for any given period of timeas a day, for instance-and for indicating to the customers that the amount paid has been recorded by disclosing to their view such amount upon figured tablets.

The novelty of our invention will be herein set forth, and distinctly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is work broken away, of a cash register and indicator embodying our present improvements and with the case and drawer in central section. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail in elevation of the operating and releasing dog mechanism. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the wing and bell'hammer mechanisms in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional plan View taken through the line at 00 of 3 5 Fig. 3. 5 is an enlarged sectional. detail of the lock mechanism, taken through the line y y of Fig. 1.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate indentical parts in all the figures.

The object of the present machine is to in-' dieate to the purchaser, upon a figured tablet, the amount of the sale by operating the prop or key, and at the sametime tosound an alarm and release the money drawer or till, which is same operation of the key also insures the recording of the amount paid in by perforating the roll of paper, which is printed and applied substantially in the manner described in Patent No. 318,506 to J. Bitty.

Serial No. 197,271. (No model.)

It is sufficient here to say that A is the case;

B, the frame-work supporting the mechanism within the case; 0, the operating-keys, journaled upon the shaft D; E, the vibrating frame, which is operated whenever any key is depressed; F, the tablet-rods; G, the tablet-supporting wing, and H the bell or gong. I is the money drawer or till, located in the lower part of the case A, and which when shut is held locked by the bolt J, and when unlocked by the depression of the bolt-lever K is projected by the spring L. The said spring L consists of a metal leaf bent or curved and secured at its center to the rear of the case, so that its freeends will bear against the rear of 6 5 the drawer and normally tend to press the drawer outward.

By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 the first feature of our invention may be thus explained. Mis the paper-containing roll, and N the winding-roll, onto which the paper, after having been perforated by the punchesc upon the I keys 0, is wound. This roll N, with the roll M, extends across the entire bank of keys, and it has upon either end, and concentric therewith, a ratchet, O, with which a dog, I), pivoted to the vibrating frame E, as at c, engages. This dog has preferably a rearward-weighted extension, so that it may act by gravity alone to maintain its engagement, though we have shown it as also held down at the rear by a spring, 01, the rear end of which is fast to the 'frame E and the forward end of which overlaps the dog, as shown. Pivoted to the frame B, as at e, is a second dog, P, which overrides the ratchet Oand. acts as a stop to prevent the accidental unwinding of the roll N, or its retraction from the friction of the dog I) when resetting itself after'a vibration of the frame E. Suitably pivoted, as at f, 0 to the rear extension of the dog I) is an upwardly extending arm, 5 which, passing through aslot in the dog P, has its upper end provided with a hook, it, or any other suitable detent which, when the dog P is lifted by 5 hand, would draw up the arm 9, and thereby raising the rear end of the dog I) release it from engagement with the ratchet O, as will be readily understood. At the same time the operation of the dog Z1, occasioned by the vibration of the frame E when the keys are op.- erated, merely raises the arm {1 through the slot in the dog P without affecting its operation of overriding and locking the ratchet. From this construction it will be seen that the proprietor, should he at any time wish to unwind the roll N to inspect the perforated portion of the paper wound thereon,would merely have, after unlocking the door A of the case, to raise the dog 1?, which, as before explained, would release the dog I), and thus free the roll N, so that it could be unwound at pleasure.

The second feature of our present invention relates to the wing and bell or gonl mechanism. It is best illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. In Fig. 1, Q is the weight for retracting the wing G,whose pivotal point is z. The bell-hammer R extends up from an irregularly-shaped piece or bell-crank, S, which is pivoted concentrically with the bell, and which is further prevented from displacement and is guided in its action by a bolt or wrist, j, projecting from the wing through a segmental slot, K. The end of the wing adjacent to the bell-crank S has a forward extension, Z, Fig. 4, coincident with a similar extension, on, of the piece S, and upon each of these extensions is adj ustably secured a steel plate, 02, having a forward beveled or knife edge,which edges are in a straight line, as shown. A spring, T, secured at its upper end to the extension M of piece S, and at its lower end to any part of the frame B, serves to retract the bellhammer and causes an alarm to be sounded inthe following manner: Pivotethas at 0, tothe frame 13, under the bell, is an arm, U,to which is pivoted loosely what we would call a wiper block, V. This wiper block has two beveled faces, 1) q, and it is supported upon an extended lower shoulder, r, of the arm U. Pivoted at its upper end to the arm U,and at its lower end to the vibrating frame E, is abar, lV. W'hen the machine is at rest, the upper end of the beveled face q is in contact with the edges of the plates a, as seen in Fig. 3. Now, when the frame F is vibrated by the action of any key, the arm Uis raised by the action of the bar V, thereby carrying up the wiperblock V, which, pressing upon the edge of plate 11, causes the wing G and gong-hammer to be pressed back simultaneously until the tabletrod raised by this operation is sufficiently high to be caught and held disclosed by the wing, at which moment the lower end of the beveled face q would pass above the plates a, and the spring T and weight Q being released would draw forward the plates or against the beveled face p, thereby throwing up the wiper-block and permitting the wing and gong-hammer to re sume their normal positions. To prevent the wiper-block from being thrown too high, any suitable stop or shoulder, S, is provided upon the arm U. The retraction of the frame E draws back the arm U and wiper-blockV into operating position again, as will be readily understood. It will be seen from this construction that by making the bell-sounding and wing-operating mechanisms independent, should the bell'hamnier from any cause, after being pressed back, stick or remain so without sounding an alarm, the wing would operate just the same to hold a tablet exposed, and the registering would take place just the same.

The next feature of our invention consists in making the front side of the supportingwing a gradual bevel, as seen at 1, instead of an abrupt shoulder, for the following reason: It sometimes happens that it is necessary to expose two or more tablets to correctly represent the amount of any given sale-say one dollar and fifty-eight cents, for instance. As there would be no single key to represent this sum, it could be represented by exposing the one-dollar tablet, the fifty-cent tablet, and the eight-cent tablet. With the abrupt shoulder this could only be done by depressing the three keys evenly and simultaneously. \Vith the gradual bevel here represented it enables the salesman-say he is a slow and careful man-to pick out the one dollar, press it down, and while holding it pick out the fiftycent key, press it down, and while holding both pick out the eightcent key and press it down. Then, releasing all. the keys, the tablets would remain exposed. This operation cannot take place where an abrupt shoulder is used upon the wing.

The next feature of our invention relates to the drawer mechanism of this class of machines, and is illustrated in Fig. 1. It is frequently found desirable to have a sliding change'till, Y, within the main till I, and it is always desirable to have this sliding till at the front of the drawer when opened; and to accomplish this purpose we provide one or more strips or stop-pieces, 11, upon the under side of the division-piece B of the case, so arranged that when the drawer is pushed in they come in contact with the rear edge of the till Y and push it forward, or rather hold it from going back, so that the main till travels underit, leaving it at the front when the drawer is locked.

The remaining feature of our invention is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, and it consists in the construction and combination, with the vibrating frame, of a peculiarly-eonstructed lock for preventing the operation of any of the working parts whenever the proprietor does not wish the machine to be used. 0 is a tubular lock-casing inserted through the case A and carrying within it a cylindrical belt, a, having a spiral groove, 1), cut in its periphery, and in which is confined a pin, 0, secured to the casing. The bolt has a slot, 0, cut in it for the reception of akey of the usual Yale pattern, the wards of which must raise tumblers d, that enter the slot entirely up and out of said slot, so that by turning the key the bolt is revolved one entire revolution, which projects it in under the forward part of the vi brating frame F, to prevent the operation of the same. The tumblers are secured to a spring, 6, and can be variously adjusted to the holder of its proper key. A reinsertion and reverse motion of the key causes retrac- 5 tion of the bolt and releases the machine for work.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim 1. The combination, in a cash indicator and recorder, of a case, aframe, E, horizontally pivoted therein,a series of keys each adapted when depressed to elevate the rear portion of said frame E, a feeding-roll containing a strip of recording material, a receiving-roll for said material and carrying a ratchet-wheel, an operatingpawl pivotally connected to the rear portion of said frame and having one end depressed so that the other end is in constant engagement with the ratchet-wheel, a detent-dog overriding said ratchetwheel, and a link, y, connected to the depressed end of the pawl and having a link-head to engage the detent-dog when the latter is elevated, whereby the movement of the pawl with the frame E does not disengage the detent-dog, but the elevation of the latter ei'iects both its disengagement and that of the pawl, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the keys 0, vibrating frame E, winding-roll N, and ratchet O, of the dog b, pivoted to the frame E, and held in engagement with the ratchet O by the spring (I, or weight, the slotted dog P, the bar 9, pivoted to the dog b, and inserted through the slot in the dog 1, and the hook or stop it, the parts constructed and arranged in the manner and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with the keys, the vibrating frame operated thereby, and the independently-pivoted wing and bell-hammer, of

the arm U, carrying loosely-pivoted wiperblock V, contact-plates n, and bar W, the parts constructed and operating in the manner and for the purpose specified.

4E. The combination, in a cash-register, of a series of centrally-pivoted keys, a series of 5 vertical rods located at the rear of said keys and adapted to be elevated by the depression of the front portions thereof, indicating-tab lets located on said rods, retaining-shoulders also mounted thereon, atransverse horizontal wing located at the rear of the machine and provided with a spring, and a projecting portionlbeveled on its under side, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, in a cashregister, of a vibrating frame, E, mounted centrally upon horizontal pivots, a series of keys for depressing the front end of said vibrating frame, recording and indicating devices, adrawer, I, lts projecting spring L, a locking-bolt adapted to be released by the vibration of the frame E, sliding till Y, and stop a, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the caseA and vibrating frame E, of the cylindrical screw-bolt a, its casing 0, pin 0, confined in a spiral groove, 1), in the bolt, tumblers d, and spring 6, the parts constructed and arranged su bstantially as and for the purpose specified.

FRANK J. PATTERSON.

ISAAC P. DAVIS. AL HERRMAN.

\Vitnesscs:

WILLIAM B. SULLIVAN, HENRY MEYER. 

